Chương 211: Unexpected Troubles

Ji Ying watched as the two girls glared at each other, then simultaneously snorted and turned their heads in different directions. Finally, she couldn't help but sigh.

—Those two—they really have boundless energy.

—I think I've seen this kind of childish arguing scene before in the alley. Why do we have to do it again when we get home?

She stepped forward and gently patted Su Yuqing and Ye Zixuan on the shoulders, trying to pull them out of their confrontational atmosphere.

"Alright, alright, you two should stop arguing," she said, her voice tinged with obvious exasperation.

"Can't you just talk things out? Why do you have to keep arguing like this?"

Unexpectedly, Ji Ying's gentle advice not only failed to calm the two down, but instead acted as a fuse, instantly causing the two girls who had just "ceased hostilities" to fiercely confront each other again.

"I don't want to argue with her, but this girl is just too much! Xiaoying, you be the judge!"

Su Yuqing immediately spoke first, grabbing Ji Ying's arm and pulling him tightly to her soft body. Pointing her other finger at Ye Zixuan opposite her, she began a tearful "accusation" filled with grievance and accusation: "You have no idea how outrageous she was just now! She was the one who rushed at me and hugged me first, and then she turned around and accused me of being a pervert! And, and she even used that—that kind of method to provoke me! How can that be reasonable?!"

"Huh?" Ye Zixuan almost laughed in anger when she heard this accusation of "the guilty party accusing the innocent first".

She immediately moved closer, grabbing Ji Ying's other arm without backing down, mimicking Su Yuqing's action, and retorted sharply, "I clearly wanted to hug Xiao Ying, but you suddenly pulled her away, which caused things to turn out that way. Ultimately, it's all your fault!"

"If you hadn't held me so tightly just now and provoked me by saying I was shy, why would I have gone to—retaliate against you that way!"

"Huh? My fault?"

Su Yuqing felt like she had heard the biggest joke in the world.

"If you hadn't taken advantage of Xiaoying in the unfinished building before, and then tried to do something to her again after coming to my house, how could I have been so wary?"

"You woman, you've been plotting against my Xiaoying from the very beginning!"

"Speaking of ulterior motives," Ye Zixuan's eyes instantly sharpened, "who was it that pinned Xiaoying to the bed and did such outrageous things to her, almost making her cry?"

"If I hadn't shown up in time and rescued her from you, who knows what even more outrageous and shameless things you might have done!"

"What do you mean by 'rescue'? You just wanted to hold Xiaoying, don't make yourself sound so noble!" Su Yuqing snorted and retorted disdainfully.

"I don't deny that, but holding her is a form of protection in itself, isn't it?" Ye Zixuan asked calmly.

"Compared to what you did to Xiaoying—wasn't my approach much gentler?"

"That's our unique way of being intimate! It's to deepen our relationship, what's it to you?!" Su Yuqing's cheeks flushed slightly as she retorted angrily, "Besides, Xiaoying herself didn't say anything, so who are you to tell us what to do?!"

"Xiaoying is just too gentle, that's why she can't bear to refuse you." Ye Zixuan's tone was filled with deep pity.

"I'll say what she can't say herself—you're clearly being a scoundrel to Xiaoying!"

"You—!" Su Yuqing was speechless once again.

As before, in order to keep Jiying's secret, she couldn't reveal the true nature of her relationship with him.

In Ye Zixuan's eyes, her intimate actions towards Xiaoying completely lost their so-called "legitimacy".

No matter how you refute it, without revealing the truth, the other party will probably only think you are making excuses.

Seeing that the "new grudge" was hard to settle, she immediately started bringing up "old scores," trying to get revenge from other angles.

"And it was the same when we were flying together! I kindly gave you a ride, but instead of thanking me, you used your seniority to put me down and said my flying skills were bad!"

"If you're afraid of heights, you should just say so honestly. Instead, you pretended not to care and acted stubborn. In the end, you clung to me like a scoundrel—and even rubbed against me with that thing! You did it on purpose!"

"Isn't that because you suddenly let go and scared me?!" Ye Zixuan retorted immediately.

"And who told you to care so much about that kind of thing? Just because you don't have it, doesn't mean others can't have it?"

As she finished speaking, Su Yuqing's gaze involuntarily fell on Ye Zixuan's alluring curves again. Comparing her own situation to these, her resentment and unwillingness rose up once more.

"I didn't care!" she retorted loudly, but her tone, clearly eight octaves higher, betrayed her true feelings.

"Hmph, you say you don't care, so I'll just assume that's how it is," Ye Zixuan's lips curled into a smug smile, "Consider it as—taking care of your pitiful self-esteem."

"Ugh————" After a brief moment of gathering her strength, Su Yuqing suddenly turned her gaze to Ji Ying, who was caught in the middle. A look of extreme grievance crossed her face, and her voice trembled with tears: "Xiao Ying, look at her! She's bullying me with this kind of thing again!"

Upon seeing Su Yuqing complain to Jiying, Ye Zixuan's face instantly displayed an extremely similar expression.

She also turned her pleading gaze to Ji Ying, her voice softening, filled with innocence and grievance:

"Xiaoying, she started this whole thing. I was just stating the facts, and she yelled at me—"' Being stared at by two beautiful girls with such pitiful eyes at the same time, Ji Ying felt a chill run down her spine.

Why did it end up like this again? If you're going to keep arguing, then don't drag me into this.

"You two—you both make a valid point—" she managed to squeeze out a desperate, survival-driven sentence.

"No!"

"No!"

However, this answer clearly failed to satisfy either party, and Su Yuqing and Ye Zixuan once again protested in unison.

Su Yuqing hugged Ji Ying even tighter, puffing out her cheeks, and said relentlessly, "I don't care! Xiao Ying, you have to tell me clearly today, whose figure do you prefer!"

"Why did you suddenly ask such a question?! You should at least give me some time to prepare, okay?!" Ji Ying was shocked and stared blankly at Su Yuqing, who was clinging tightly to his arm. He was internally screaming.

—This kind of question—this kind of hellish, ultimate death trap question, how am I supposed to answer it to get out of here alive?!

Before she could come up with any plausible answer, Ye Zixuan beside her suddenly spoke up confidently, as if she had already seen through everything.

"Isn't the answer to this question already obvious?" She slightly raised her chin, revealing a confident smile full of the ease of a victor, with a hint of pity for Su Yuqing in her eyes.

"Xiaoying—of course she'll like me more."

"After all, she was very well-behaved and quiet when I held her before."

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about!" Su Yuqing immediately retorted angrily, "Xiaoying was very quiet and seemed to enjoy herself when she was in my arms! Your statement is completely unfounded!"

"Oh? Is that so?" Ye Zixuan raised an eyebrow, her sense of superiority undisguised.

"Then you must like me even more."

"you--!"

Seeing that she was losing the verbal battle again, Su Yuqing, feeling ashamed and angry, decided to prove her "victory" with the most direct and irrefutable action.

"Alright! Since you're so confident, let's let Xiaoying judge for herself!"

As she spoke, she reached out and pressed down on Ji Ying's little head without saying a word, trying to push that cute face, filled with fear and resistance, towards the soft area in front of her.

"Come on, Xiaoying! Come and experience it for yourself! Then honestly tell this ignorant woman who your favorite person is!"

"Waaaaah—! Wait, wait! Yuqing! Now is really not the time to do this!"

Ji Ying let out a mournful cry, using all her strength to desperately tilt her head back, her hands pressing tightly against Su Yuqing's shoulders in a final act of resistance.

Are you kidding me?! Although she admitted that Yuqing's body had a fatal attraction for her, but—but Xiaoli and Zixuan were still watching! If she were forcibly penetrated under these circumstances, how could she ever face anyone again?!

Seeing the resolute expression on Ji Ying's face, as if she would rather die than submit, Su Yuqing's hand holding her head stiffened slightly.

An indescribable sense of loss and frustration instantly overwhelmed her.

Why?

—Why was Xiaoying so obediently held in Zixuan's arms when they were at the unfinished building, and even fell asleep in her arms? — But when it was her turn, she showed such a resistant expression?

Could it be—could it be that she really—prefers someone like Zixuan?!

So, do guys really all like bigger ones?!

She absentmindedly released her hand from Ji Ying's head, and her body limply retreated backward.

Then, as if to confirm something, she cast her complex gaze, filled with resentment, grievance, and a hint of jealousy, at Ye Zixuan, who was sitting opposite her with a smug look on her face, especially at—that proud curve that she could never reach no matter how hard she tried.

Then, under the astonished gazes of Luo Bingli and Jiying, Su Yuqing suddenly made a surprising move that caught everyone off guard.

She took a sudden step forward, and before Ye Zixuan could react, she reached out and precisely grabbed those soft breasts that she found incredibly offensive.

"ah--!"

Once again, Ye Zixuan was attacked by Su Yuqing in an even more outrageous way. She let out a short cry of surprise, and her cheeks turned as red as blood.

After confirming the astonishing size with her touch, Su Yuqing felt an even stronger sense of resentment and frustration.

She gritted her teeth and muttered in a low voice, her voice filled with barely suppressed resentment: "Hmph—what's so great about her? She's just—a little bit older than me—" Ye Zixuan, who had been suffering from various troubles and inconveniences because of her "outstanding" figure, finally had her pent-up emotions explode when she heard Su Yuqing repeatedly express her concern about this.

"What do you know?!"

Without even trying to dodge, she suddenly yelled at Su Yuqing, who was still holding her, her voice even trembling with a hint of a sob, her eyes instantly welling up with tears: "You think being big is all that matters?! There are so many troublesome things to deal with!!"

Ye Zixuan's sudden outburst stunned everyone present. Even Su Yuqing, who was still "ambushing" her, froze in her position and stared at her with some suspicion.

However, Ye Zixuan ignored their reactions and began to pour out the troubles that had been weighing on her heart for years: "When I sleep on my stomach, it hurts a lot because of the pressure, and when I lie flat, it's heavy and uncomfortable. I can't even see the bottom of my feet when I walk on the street, and the buttons on my shirt often pop open!"

She became more and more agitated as she spoke, her voice grew louder and louder, and the tears in her eyes became increasingly glistening.

"What I hate most is PE class. When I run, I wobble around, it hurts and I'm embarrassed, and people always look at me strangely!"

"Huh?!"

"Who understands that kind of thing?!" Su Yuqing, finally realizing what was happening, shouted at Ye Zixuan, who had suddenly lost control of her emotions and started complaining.

—Is he just showing off? This guy is 100% showing off, isn't he?!

"You just don't understand anything!" Ye Zixuan pointed at Su Yuqing, who was still jealous of the gap between her "hardware" and her, and shouted again with grievance and indignation.

Seeing the two girls arguing fiercely again over this extremely strange topic, and it seemed to be escalating, Ji Ying felt her temples throbbing.

"Alright, stop right there!" She raised her voice slightly and pulled Su Yuqing away from Ye Zixuan, using her body to block the two from contact.

After successfully calming down the two agitated girls with his sudden display of force, Ji Ying sighed helplessly and began to mediate between them separately.

She first turned to Su Yuqing and said in a slightly reproachful tone, "Yuqing, I know you're worried about me, but Zixuan is, after all, a guest you invited to your home, and also a comrade who just fought alongside us, isn't she?"

"You should be a little gentler with her, don't always act like a child and do those childish things."

"I'm not a child!" Su Yuqing muttered unhappily, but still nodded obediently.

Then, Ji Ying looked at Ye Zixuan, her tone equally gentle: "And you too, Zixuan. I know Yuqing was a bit impulsive just now, but she didn't mean any harm. She's just—too concerned about her figure. Don't hold it against her, okay?"

Looking into Ji Ying's sincere, dark red eyes and at the slightly troubled expression on his face, Ye Zixuan's heart softened. Not wanting her favorite Xiao Ying to be troubled by these things anymore, she nodded gently, accepting the mediation.

Ji Ying looked at them, who had finally stopped arguing but were still a little sullen, and then glanced at Luo Bingli, who was holding her clone and had a smug smile on her face. She felt like she had a splitting headache.

She thought to herself: Although the content of their argument was childish, judging from their appearance—their relationship has actually become much closer than before? Is this—a good thing?

Thinking about this, she found it somewhat amusing, but mostly she felt a headache coming on.

—I wonder what kind of relationship they will have later?

"It's getting late," she spoke again, her tone becoming more serious.

"We still have a lot of important things to discuss, and it's time to share—the intelligence we gathered in today's battle."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zixuan immediately resumed her professional demeanor as an inspector and nodded slightly.

Her gaze shifted to "Su Yuqing" and "Luo Bingli," who remained kneeling in the center of the room. She then lingered for a while on "Jiying," who was wearing a long trench coat, in the arms of the real Luo Bingli, before finally speaking: "Before that, Xiaoying, I hope to understand your ability, is that alright?"